Noobs@Linux

Looking For Alternative Of Adobe Reader.....Foxit Reader is an Option

2012-01-26T17:22:00.001+05:30

Looking for alternative of Adobe Reader???? Well Foxit Reader is one of the best option. I am using Foxit Reader for a long time. Its small in size,supports many languages,loades faster.

Window users are familiar with Foxit Reader.However, Linux comes with lightweight PDF raeder to begin with, but Foxit Reader is a nice option.

Let us begin with installation ------

For ubuntu users or for ubuntu distributions, you can install foxit reader directly from Software center.
Or if you have downloaded foxit package from http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/desklinux/download.html , then you can install via terminal ......

If you have downloaded .deb package, type

sudo dpkg -i FoxitReader_1.1.0_i386.deb

If you have downloaded .rpm package, type

rpm -ivh FoxitReader-1.1-0.fc9.i386.rpm

Well i cant give screenshot for this command as i have installed .deb package.

Above Commands will install Foxit Reader.....

Foxit Reader gives differnt views of your data.....

Gnome Classic Desktop.......Ubuntu 11.10

2012-01-25T12:56:00.000+05:30

Hello friends, I just updated to Ubuntu 11.10 day before and i found that Ubuntu 11.10 does not come with classic desktop option. For a noob like me it becomes difficult to seacrh applications using search options and when you are noob i.e new to linux (ubuntu in my case) it is difficult to remember applications by their names, for eg if you look for video player then how will you search for that when you dont know the name of player.

Classic look provides everthing organized and makes it very easy for noobs to access application as now they dont have to seacrh.

You can fix this problem by adding Gnome-panel by typing in terminal,

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
I have already installed gnome-panel that's why my terminal looks like this--

This will install gnome-panel and to use classic look logout and login in again choosing classic option.

and after login you will see gnome classic desktop

And you can see everything is organized and easily accessible.

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Microsoft office 2007 in ubuntu...installation process

2012-01-18T21:24:00.000+05:30

In order to install Microsoft office in ubuntu we need to have supporting application and library so that MS Office can work properly. Wine is such applications, so if you want to install MS office then first of all you need to install Wine. click here to check how to install wine in case you dont have wine application.

Now right click on setup.exe and choose "wine windows program loader" and this will start installation. If it does not then open properties and check move to permission tab "Allow executing file as a program".
Fill in the product key and move forward.

click on continue...

Accept the aggrement and click on continue...

click on install now ....

And now MS Office is installed in your ubuntu....

Enjoy MS OFFICE in ubuntu.....

Run window applications in ubuntu.....Install Wine in ubuntu

2012-01-15T15:18:00.000+05:30

New to ubuntu? Miss windows applications?? Well you can enjoy Window applications in ubuntu with the help of WINE, even i enjoy games of windows plateform in ubuntu such as AGE OF EMPIRE..., and also MS OFFICE in ubuntu.
Wine lets you run Windows software on other operating systems. With Wine, you can install and run these applications just like you would in Windows.Wine is still under active development. Not every program works yet, however there are already several million people using Wine to run their software.

Let us start with installing wine 1.3

Add wine ppa via terminal, type ---

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa

Now upgrade APT pacakage ---
sudo apt-get update

Finally you can install wine 1.3 by typing

sudo apt-get install wine1.3

This will complete wine installation.

Break WinRAR Password in ubuntu......

2012-01-11T18:14:00.000+05:30

Once I downloaded an ebook which was in .RAR format. When i tried to extract the book it asked for password and unfortunately i was not having the password.

Have you ever got in such type of trouble???? Well if yes then you are on the right place to get rid of this problem. This tutorial is for breaking RAR passwords.

The tool which we will be using is Rarcrack. RarCrack is a program that uses brute force algorithm to find and recover the correct password for compressed archive in .rar (WinRAR), .7z (7-Zip) and .zip (WinZip) format in any POSIX compatible operating system. As such, RarCrack is useful when you have forgotten or lost the password for the compressed archive package in the supported format. To make bruteforce password breaking faster, RarCrack supports specifying a selection of characters and digits to be used in password generations in order to crack the password.

you can download Rarcrack from any of the mirrors, just type in terminal-----

wget http://superb-east.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rarcrack/rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2
wget http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rarcrack/rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2
wget http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/rarcrack/rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2

Now extract the Rarcrack

tar -xjf rarcrack-0.2.tar.bz2

and now move to extracted Rarcrack directory i.e move to extracted Rarcrack folder

cd rarcrack-0.2

Finally install Rarcrack by typing--------

make

sudo make install

Now to use Rarcrack following is the syntax-----

rarcrack encrypted_archive.ext [--threads thread_num] [--type rar|zip|7z]

RarCrack can autodetect the archive type, so the –type parameter only require if auto-detection of file type is wrong

Have you forgotten your password in ubuntu??????

2012-01-09T17:29:00.000+05:30

Have you forgotten your login password in ubuntu??? Many times we forgot passwords either because of too many passwords in our life and we can't keep track of them all or we just installed Ubuntu and forgot what password we selected during the installation process.

Well, this tutorial will help you reset your Ubuntu user account password, regardless of what reason you have for resetting it.

First, you have to reboot into recovery mode.

If you have a single-boot (Ubuntu is the only operating system on your computer), to get the boot menu to show, you have to hold down the Shift key during bootup.

Now from the boot menu select recovery mode Which is second option in boot menu.

When you click recovery mode, you'll be presented with a few options. In this case, you want the Drop to root shell prompt option so press the Down arrow to get to that option, and then press Enter to select it.

The root account is the ultimate administrator and can do anything to the Ubuntu installation (including erase it), so please be careful with what commands you enter in the root terminal.

Once you're at the root shell prompt, if you have forgotten your username as well, type

root@ubuntu:~$ls /home

This will show you all the users in your ubuntu, so that you can choose particular user whose password you want to change. type

root@ubuntu:~$passwd username

Now you will be asked to enter password, just enter desired Password and confirm it by retyping it and you are done with changing your password.

Now type exit in the terminal to move back to recovery menu and here choose resume manual boot.

Opera Web Browser in Ubuntu

2012-01-05T23:16:00.000+05:30

For those who loves to work with opera web browser but not able to install opera on ubuntu either because you are new or any other reason. This is step by step tutorial for installing opera web browser.

Opera is a full-featured Internet tool, most notably a fully standard conforming Web browser. Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like a password manager, mouse gestures, native Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) support, an email program, RSS newsfeeds, and IRC chat. It is designed to be fast and highly customizable.

If you want to install opera web browser, firstly you need to download opera installer, click on the link below

www.opera.com/download/

Select vendor "ubuntu" and package "default package" and click on download opera.

once downloaded setup open terminal and move to directory where you have downloaded setup.

Type in Terminal

dpkg -i opera_11.60.1185_i386.deb

This will complete the installation.

Now you need to go--

Application -> Internet -> Opera

As soon as you click on opera a screen will pop out

Click on I Agree and as you click on it opera starts........

INSTALLING WINDOW IN VMWARE PLAYER

2011-12-29T21:55:00.000+05:30

Ok friends in my last post we installed Vmware Player http://nooblinuxusers.blogspot.com/2011/12/windows-on-linuxinstalling-vmware.html now we will install Window OS in vmware player to enjoy window environment in Ubuntu.
First of all you need to have ISO image of window OS that you want to install.Once you have ISO image open Vmware Player.

Now choose "Create a new virtual machine" option and a screen pops out when you click on this option

Now choose install operating system from option.I will go with 3rd option "i will install the operating system later". you can choose 2nd option also.Click on next

choose guest oerating system and we are installing window so we will go with 1st option Microsoft Windows and then choose version of window "i have choosen window 7".Click on next

Give name to your virtual machine.Click on next

provide disk size to your virtual machine.I have given 60GB and then select any of the two options.I have choosen "Store virtual disk as a single file".Click on next

Now choose "customize hardware" and then configure your virtual machine

Customize your machine according to your need.And dont forgot to provide the path of ISO image.In the left portion choose New CD/DVD (IDE) option and then choose "use ISO image" and here browse and provide the path of ISO image. Click on close anf finally on finish.

Now in the library of Vmware player play your virtual machine and that will start installation of window.

Follow the instructions for installation and enjoy window on linux.

And here is window in ubuntu via Vmware Player...

WINDOWS ON LINUX.........INSTALLING VMWARE PLAYER @ UBUNTU

2011-12-28T11:36:00.000+05:30

Do u love your ubuntu and can't live without it but still need to use Windows Programs?

Linux has become very user friendly but still majority applications runs on Windows.So you can run windows in your ubuntu with the help of vmware palyer.

Dual booting is also an option but rebooting system again and again for switching between OS is not a good option. Here this concept of vertualization takes credit.

VMware Player allows you to run entire operating systems in a virtual machine, which runs on top of Ubuntu or Windows. To the guest operating system (the one running inside the virtual machine), it appears as though it were running on its own PC. The host operating system runs the VMware Player, which provides the guest with things like network access.

Let us start with installing vmware palyer-------

Download vmware palyer from its official site
www.vmware.com › VMware Player
you need to register first

Choose 32bit or 64bit installer according to your OS Architecture

After downloading open terminal and run the following command to install some packages needed by vmware player

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

Now make it executable by changing its permissions by going to properties of setup then select permission tab and finally check "Allow executing file as a program".

We can start Vmware installation as follows:

gksudo bash ./VMware-Player-3.1.4-385536.x86_64.bundle

This will start GUI installation wizard of Vmware Player

Follow the on screen instructions and you are done with installation.

Here you can create virtual machine of any OS you want.

ANTIVIRUS IN LINUX......INSTALLING ESET NOD 32 IN UBUNTU

2011-12-25T19:45:00.000+05:30

This tutorial is a step by step instruction procedure for installing ESET antivirus in ubuntu 11.04 . This can be used for any version of ubuntu but i am going to show installation on ubuntu 11.04.

Download Antivirus for linux desktop from
* http://www.mediafire.com/?g2ofh8wj5dllrte
* Or from official website of ESET

When downloaded dont try to run it directly, it will give an error

In order to avoid this error, make it executable by right click on setup downloaded and click on permission tab and check "allow executing file as program".

Now, double click to run the installation file. At this step, I got “Please install following files or packages: usr/lib/gconv/UTF-16.so”, and it can be fixed by:

open a terminal window and create directory:

->     sudo mkdir /usr/lib/gconv

then make a link for UTF-16.so:

->     sudo ln -s /usr/lib32/gconv/UTF-16.so /usr/lib/gconv/UTF-16.so

once done with this double click to start the setup..

Follow the instructions and you are done with installation

WHAT AFTER DOWNLOADING TAR.GZ FILE

2011-12-25T17:04:00.000+05:30

Ok, so for those who don't know what to do when you download a program for linux and the file extension is tar.gz, you've come to the right place.

So when you download it, it should be in your downloads directory(default is downloads in home folder). So open up a terminal.

Change your directory to where the file is located. (Downloads)

Code:
cd Downloads

Then, tar the file so it becomes a folder...

Code:
tar -zxf FILENAME.tar.gz

After that, change the directory to the new folder...

Code:
cd FOLDER

There should be an INSTALL file inside of the folder but most files install like so... MAKE SURE COMMANDS GO IN ORDER!!!

Code:
./configure

Code:
make

Code:
make install

Finally, there should be a program in the name of the program in that folder that is executable and you can run it by simply typing it in.
If it says something like, permission denied, or somthing like that, do the following.

Log in as root. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Code:
sudo -s

Then, go to the folder with the program in it.

Code:
cd /Downloads/FOLDERNAME

Then, make the file executable by anyone...

Code:
chmod 755 FILENAME

Then log out of root by typing,

Code:
exit

Finally, you can execute in the command line.

Tar File — Read and write tar archive files

2011-12-25T17:03:00.000+05:30

Hello friends,
In this post i am going to explain about tar files and how to create tar files.

A tar file is the concatenation of one or more files. Each file is preceded by a 512-byte header record. The file data is written unaltered except that its length is rounded up to a multiple of 512 bytes and the extra space is zero filled. The end of an archive is marked by at least two consecutive zero-filled records

Uncompressed tar archive files have names ending in ".tar". Unlike ZIP archives, tar files (somefile.tar) are commonly compressed as a whole rather than piecemeal.Applying a compression utility such as gzip, bzip2, xz, lzip, lzma, or compress to a tar file produces a compressed tar file, typically named with an extension indicating the type of compression (e.g., somefile.tar.gz).

USAGE ----------

    tar -czf whatever.tar foldername

     another method would be…

     tar -czf whatever.tar.gz foldername

If you’d like to tar your file and have it put in another location use this:

    tar -czf /directory/directory/whatever.tar foldername

Here are a list of tar options, and their significance.

-c = create
-f = read to/from the named file (instead of the device /tape)
-t = list contents of .tar file
-r = append to a .tar file
-v = verbose (tells you everything its doing)
-x = extract contents of .tar file
-z = compress files

To extract the files form file

tar -xf whatever.tar

INSTALLING CISCO PACKET TRACER 5.3 IN UBUNTU

2011-12-24T22:58:00.000+05:30

Hello everyone,
This post is all about cisco packet tracer installting and running in ubuntu.

Cisco Packet Tracer is a Official network simulation program by Cisco that allows users to experiment with network behavior. As an integral part of the Networking Academy comprehensive learning experience, Packet Tracer provides simulation, visualization, authoring, assessment, and collaboration capabilities and facilitates the teaching and learning of complex technology concepts.

I use 32bit version of blackbuntu 11.04 and i enjoyed installing packet tracer and very thankful to cisco for providing this powerful tool for linux users.

First of all download Packet tracer source installer

packet tracer 5.3 is available in various source installer, for ubuntu users i would suggest .deb or .bin installer.

click me to download

once downloaded open terminal and change directory to the location where installer is downloaded(desktop in my case).Now for those who have downloaded .deb installer follow:

sudo dpkg -i PacketTracer-5.3-u.i386.deb

for bin installer, first off change the permissions either by right click on the installer setup then choose properties then permissions tab and finally check "Allow executing file as a program".

or in the terminal write
chmod +x PacketTracer531_i386_installer-deb.bin
After that in the terminal --
./PacketTracer531_i386_installer-deb.bin

Accept EULA and you are done with installing packet tracer.